Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

The dark golden light surrounding him gradually receded.

As Jiang Chen’s muscles rippled, they emitted a series of CRACKLING sounds, like the clashing of metal.

This was a sign of a physical body honed to the absolute extreme!

The *Divine Demon Tyrant Body* was a technique that refined the physical body as if it were a Profound Weapon. Every advancement in stage was a qualitative leap.

If he could reach the Seventh Stage Realm, where his body would be comparable to a Divine Soldier, Jiang Chen could even attain sainthood through his physical form alone, break the shackles of the Martial Dao, and transcend this world!

Unfortunately...

Reaching that step was far too difficult.

Back then, the Celestial Demon Emperor Venerable had become both a Pill Emperor and an Artifact Venerable, yet he still couldn’t advance to the Seventh Stage, the Divine Body Realm.

”A True Disciple? Is that all you’ve got?” Jiang Chen said with a cold smile.

He crossed his arms, his eyes half-closed, and stared smilingly at Wang Tianyi.

”COUGH, COUGH...”

Wang Tianyi’s body trembled as he spat out a mouthful of blood. He staggered to his feet, a pathetic sight. The sleeves on his arms had been completely blasted away. The Cyan Simurgh Phoenix Feather manifested by his Martial Soul had been shattered, severely damaging his Martial Soul in the process. His face was utterly pale.

His eyes, as red as Blood Pearls, locked onto Jiang Chen with a venomous, hate-filled glare.

He was like a hungry wolf staring at its prey, ready to devour someone whole.

”What? You still want to fight?” Jiang Chen curled his lip, raising a finger and wagging it gently. ”You were no match for me at your peak, let alone now.”

Wang Tianyi gritted his teeth. ”Jiang Chen, don’t get cocky.”

”I am getting cocky. What are you going to do, bite me?” Jiang Chen retorted disdainfully.

”...”

Wang Tianyi trembled with rage. He wanted to charge forward and fight to the death, but the thought of Jiang Chen’s terrifying physical body made a wave of cowardice rise in his heart.

The experts in Cuiwei Pavilion who witnessed this couldn’t help but show their contempt. ’This is a True Disciple? I think he’s not even as good as me! He’s actually scared to fight?’

’If it were me, I’d fight Jiang Chen even if it meant death. This Wang Tianyi seems like a classic case of someone who bullies the weak and fears the strong!’

’What a fucking disgrace!’

Though spoken in low voices, every single taunt reached his ears with perfect clarity.

Wang Tianyi felt as though a thousand accusing fingers were pointed at his back.

Cowardice.

Fear of battle.

Coward.

Bullying the weak and fearing the strong...

These mocking words were like the most venomous daggers, stabbing deep into his very being.

Beyond the pain, there was mostly unbearable humiliation and shame.

A dignified True Disciple, once high and mighty, had now fallen to such a despicable state.

”This is all your fault! Jiang Chen, I’ll fight you to the death!” A bloody light surged in Wang Tianyi’s crimson eyes. He activated his Profound Technique, mustering his last ounce of strength to charge at Jiang Chen.

”Dragon Shadow Strike!”

Wang Tianyi transformed into a streak of black Flowing Light and shot toward Jiang Chen, putting his life on the line.

However...

Facing the frenzied Wang Tianyi, Jiang Chen simply raised a hand and sent a punch tearing through the air. BOOM! It smashed right into Wang Tianyi’s face.

”AWOOOO...”

Wang Tianyi shrieked in agony as his entire face caved in. The force of Jiang Chen’s punch slammed him viciously to the ground.

Blood sprayed wildly from his ruined face.

Jiang Chen’s gaze was icy as he looked at the constantly screaming Wang Tianyi. He spoke, enunciating every word, ”Nalan Qiantian was only recruiting disciples. He never initiated a conflict with your Celestial Alliance. But you ruthlessly murdered him, took his life, and even hung his body in Cuiwei Pavilion for all to see. My brother... however you treated him, I will repay you a hundred times over!”

”You severed one of his arms, so I will cripple all four of your limbs!”

With a flick of his finger, four streams of Sword Qi shot out, severing Wang Tianyi’s hands and feet.

”AWOOOO... Jiang Chen, if you have the guts, kill me! Just kill me...” Wang Tianyi roared in despair.

”Kill you? It won’t be that easy!”

Jiang Chen sneered.

”Jiang Chen, you’ll die a horrible death! I won’t let you go even as a ghost...”

Wang Tianyi’s eyes were bloodshot as he roared hysterically. He knew that if he continued to cling to life, he would only suffer more humiliation and torture.

A resolute look flashed in his eyes. Wang Tianyi secretly activated his Profound Technique, preparing to self-detonate!

However...

None of his actions could escape Jiang Chen’s Dharma Eye. The corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth lifted into a disdainful sneer. ’You want to die? Do you think you can die without my permission?’

”You destroyed Qingtian’s cultivation. Today, I’ll give you an eye for an eye!”

He jabbed a finger into Wang Tianyi’s lower abdomen.

PUFF!

His Dantian shattered. The three Life Palaces within his Dantian crumbled, and all of his cultivation dissipated.

”No... No...”

Wang Tianyi screamed incessantly, struggling and roaring weakly.

He was filled with agony and regret.

His cultivation was destroyed, his limbs were severed—he couldn’t even kill himself!

”Jiang Chen, kill me! I’m begging you, kill me...” Wang Tianyi howled in anguish.

”Kill you? Of course I’ll kill you to avenge Qingtian. But I won’t let you die so easily!”

Jiang Chen gave a faint smile.

With a grasping motion of his hand, a large pile of refining materials flew out from his Storage Ring: Celestial Profound Iron, Meteorite Stone, Purple Nether Steel, and more.

Jiang Chen activated his True Essence to envelop the refining materials, then summoned the Eight Trigrams Roaming Dragon Cauldron. He used the Great Tripod to refine the materials. After a full half-incense stick’s worth of time, he finally forged a hundred-meter-tall black monument. The top was a rectangular stele, supported by the figure of an old turtle.

However, this old turtle’s abdomen was hollow, with an opening beneath its head.

Jiang Chen gave Wang Tianyi a cold glance, kicked him into the air, and then formed a Seal Technique with his hands, shouting, ”Seal!”

RUMBLE!

The old turtle’s abdomen was torn open. Wang Tianyi was ”swallowed” into its belly, with only his head left sticking out. The entire turtle, carrying the stone stele, landed heavily on the ground. Jiang Chen then shot out streams of runes, carving profound Inscriptions all over the turtle, forging it into a Profound-tier Profound Weapon!

”Two Gravity Inscriptions, enough to make you suffer the pain of Mount Tai Pressing Down day and night...”

”One Gathering Spirit Rune, enough for this turtle-stele Profound Weapon to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and keep you from dying!”

”One Self-Destruction Inscription. If anyone tries to save you, they will activate the inscription. You won’t escape death!”

Wang Tianyi roared in despair, ”No... Kill me! Don’t humiliate me like this! I’m begging you, kill me...”

This was a humiliation that would make him infamous for eternity!

A fate worse than death!

As if he hadn’t heard a thing, Jiang Chen single-handedly dragged the ten-thousand-jin turtle Tombstone Profound Weapon to the entrance of Cuiwei Pavilion.

The hundred-meter-tall turtle carrying the stele was exceptionally eye-catching.

Wang Tianyi was suppressed beneath the turtle’s abdomen, with only his head sticking out, making him look like a small turtle himself.

Protected by multiple Restrictions, he was truly unable to live, yet unable to die!

Unless someone destroyed this Profound Weapon, he was destined to endure this fate worse than death for the rest of his life.

”How terrifying! Is this Jiang Chen? Not even a True Disciple is his match. He’s simply terrifying!”

”He’s only been in the Sect for a few months, right? To think he already possesses such frightening strength...”

”Most importantly, Jiang Chen is so loyal to his friends! To avenge Nalan Qiantian, he didn’t hesitate to completely fall out with the Celestial Alliance!”

”I heard he’s going to form his own faction... A man with such loyalty and righteousness is worth following!”

”I’m willing to follow him too!”

One expert after another looked at Jiang Chen, their eyes filled with worship and fervor.

Cradling Nalan Qiantian’s body in one arm, Jiang Chen flew to the top of the stele. He looked down at the breathless Nalan Qiantian beside him and said, ”Qingtian, this is your murderer. He is now receiving his punishment. You can rest in peace. I will fulfill your last wish and establish a faction of our own. One day, we will surpass the Celestial Alliance and grind them mercilessly under our feet!”

”Ten days from now, I, Jiang Chen, will establish a new alliance right here! I invite all with ambition to stand and fight alongside me!”

Jiang Chen took a deep breath. His icy gaze fell upon Wang Tianyi as his resonant voice echoed through the sky...

”And on that day, I will execute you to consecrate our banner!”